militarize
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As a result, it is unclear how the U.S. or the International Atomic Energy Agency would verify that the Saudis don’t militarize their program.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Offering them benefits and talks has had a perverse effect, Jaramillo said, prompting them to militarize to negotiate from a position of strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“I hope they don’t militarize it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
We should also be wary of governments pushing to militarize AI.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023
You can make a soldier, and a good soldier, of a humorist; but you cannot militarize him.
From England and the War by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
These programs represent a new and controversial approach to leveraging the natural world—one that, in essence, militarizes the environment.
From Slate ● May 3, 2017
The war meme also transforms societies, militarizes them, in ways that make war more likely.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2013
Small trench networks are visible at intersections on approaches to the city, indicating the area is militarized, but these have also been in place for many months.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
“One Battle After Another” looked at the impact of militarized authority—and opened with an armed raid to free detainees at a government immigration center—while “Sinners” examined the complexities of Black American history and cultural erasure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
“We don’t want to create a militarized type of environment,” Varnier said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
I practice mostly with a gun, but they reserve an hour a day for specialty weapons, which means I get to use my Mockingjay bow, Gale his heavy militarized one.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Their default is to frame the UAP matter in terms of security—a view the media often reinforces— thus militarizing the issue.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 2, 2023
He was my jichan, my grandfather, who immigrated to the United States in 1908 to flee a militarizing Japan and earn money for his family near Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
These developments altered the nature of society in Africa, militarizing states and reorienting African trade.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The deal was made with defense tech contractor L3Harris and Air Tractor, with the former militarizing the latter’s initial designs for a purely agricultural plane.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2022
Nor does preparation mean a policy of militarizing.
From State of the Union Address by Coolidge, Calvin
